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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>CTO Think</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/cto-think</link><description><![CDATA[A pragmatic podcast about leadership, product dev, and tech decisions between two recovering Chief Technology Officers.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/2805376/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Society &amp; Culture</category><copyright>Copyright Randy Burgess</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/021494d138eefbf95f621d60b81b0c93.jpg</url><title>CTO Think</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/cto-think</link></image><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 04:28:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Randy Burgess</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Randy Burgess</itunes:name><itunes:email>feeds@spreaker.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/021494d138eefbf95f621d60b81b0c93.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>A pragmatic podcast about leadership, product dev, and tech decisions between two recovering Chief Technology Officers.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A pragmatic podcast about leadership, product dev, and tech decisions between two recovering Chief Technology Officers.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><googleplay:author>Randy Burgess</googleplay:author><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/021494d138eefbf95f621d60b81b0c93.jpg"/><googleplay:email>feeds@spreaker.com</googleplay:email><googleplay:description>A pragmatic podcast about leadership, product dev, and tech decisions between two recovering Chief Technology Officers.</googleplay:description><googleplay:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit><item><title>33: Build vs Buy and Disrupting Processes</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/10325593/33-build-vs-buy-and-disrupting-processes</link><description><![CDATA[We're back after a couple-week break! Don and Randy discuss the ever-debated strategy of building versus buying your software solutions. But they up the ante by discussing how existing workflows and processes are perhaps a bigger consideration than SaaS fees or software development costs]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">b8b8cf1d-827a-4fd7-8025-c201a969b302</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/15913448/826aaebe.mp3" length="43853680" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Randy Burgess</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We're back after a couple-week break! Don and Randy discuss the ever-debated strategy of building versus buying your software solutions. But they up the ante by discussing how existing workflows and processes are perhaps a bigger consideration than...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We're back after a couple-week break! Don and Randy discuss the ever-debated strategy of building versus buying your software solutions. But they up the ante by discussing how existing workflows and processes are perhaps a bigger consideration than SaaS fees or software development costs]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2453</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>buy,development,custom,build,software as a service</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4ee3e50dbaab49221424ff76368e8e8a.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Randy Burgess</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>We're back after a couple-week break! Don and Randy discuss the ever-debated strategy of building versus buying your software solutions. 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Moreso, they talk about what it means to be in a leadership position and how leading-by-extremes can take a toll on the whole team (or company). <br /><br />Oh, yeah, they also bring in a discussion about college football coaches, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, and even Mark Richt. And for that, they sincerely apologize to those of you who can not care less about sports.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2d1813ff-bfa9-461f-9114-d34003cdee1b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/15576915/4a78dcab.mp3" length="62846739" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Randy Burgess</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Pulled from the media, Don and Randy discuss Elon Musk's interview regarding the personal toll that his attempt to run three companies, perhaps poorly, is taking upon himself. Moreso, they talk about what it means to be in a leadership position and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pulled from the media, Don and Randy discuss Elon Musk's interview regarding the personal toll that his attempt to run three companies, perhaps poorly, is taking upon himself. Moreso, they talk about what it means to be in a leadership position and how leading-by-extremes can take a toll on the whole team (or company). <br /><br />Oh, yeah, they also bring in a discussion about college football coaches, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, and even Mark Richt. And for that, they sincerely apologize to those of you who can not care less about sports.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3648</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>sleep,boring,tesla,example,mental illness,leadership,rest,burnout,nick saban,mark richt,exhaustion,urban meyer,elon musk,spacex</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ba4fac44f1e30c6fe2f99a542a2d96d3.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Randy Burgess</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Pulled from the media, Don and Randy discuss Elon Musk's interview regarding the personal toll that his attempt to run three companies, perhaps poorly, is taking upon himself. Moreso, they talk about what it means to be in a leadership position and how leading-by-extremes can take a toll on the whole team (or company). 

Oh, yeah, they also bring in a discussion about college football coaches, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, and even Mark Richt. And for that, they sincerely apologize to those of you who can not care less about sports.</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ba4fac44f1e30c6fe2f99a542a2d96d3.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>30: Debating (Angrily) the Responsibility of Cross-platform Support</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/10325593/30-debating-angrily-the-responsibility-o</link><description><![CDATA[Don runs into a problem with a podcast app as he launches a new podcast of his own, Friday Night Stripes, and wants to deploy his show on Overcast. The issue? Don is not an iOS user and cannot find a way to sign into the Overcast website, which .  .  . disappoints .  .  . him. As a happy iOS user, Randy doesn't feel Don's pain and congratulates Marco Arment on making millions of dollars while also ticking off Android folks.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">ff7d4326-0983-4420-ba4a-43c70836dfde</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/15576917/0409ea91.mp3" length="67109910" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Randy Burgess</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Don runs into a problem with a podcast app as he launches a new podcast of his own, Friday Night Stripes, and wants to deploy his show on Overcast. The issue? Don is not an iOS user and cannot find a way to sign into the Overcast website, which .  ....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Don runs into a problem with a podcast app as he launches a new podcast of his own, Friday Night Stripes, and wants to deploy his show on Overcast. The issue? Don is not an iOS user and cannot find a way to sign into the Overcast website, which .  .  . disappoints .  .  . him. As a happy iOS user, Randy doesn't feel Don's pain and congratulates Marco Arment on making millions of dollars while also ticking off Android folks.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3707</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>apple,support,solopreneur,platforms,overcast,marco arment,cross-platform logins</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ba4fac44f1e30c6fe2f99a542a2d96d3.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Randy Burgess</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Don runs into a problem with a podcast app as he launches a new podcast of his own, Friday Night Stripes, and wants to deploy his show on Overcast. The issue? Don is not an iOS user and cannot find a way to sign into the Overcast website, which .  .  . disappoints .  .  . him. As a happy iOS user, Randy doesn't feel Don's pain and congratulates Marco Arment on making millions of dollars while also ticking off Android folks.</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ba4fac44f1e30c6fe2f99a542a2d96d3.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>29: Betting on Vue JS with Gregg Pollack</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/10325593/29-betting-on-vue-js-with-gregg-pollack</link><description><![CDATA[Covering everything from Rails for Zombies to Code School to Vue Mastery, we talk with one of the original online tutorial creators, Gregg Pollack, and how he decided to invest in the Vue.js community and a new front-end open source project. <br /><br />Gregg also throws in a number of great suggestions for folks that have thought about creating their own tutorials and why CTOs might choose Vue JS among the frameworks out there.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">fcaebebc-a420-4688-8173-1f1fcb425c08</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/15474312/51bc3573.mp3" length="66371245" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Randy Burgess</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Covering everything from Rails for Zombies to Code School to Vue Mastery, we talk with one of the original online tutorial creators, Gregg Pollack, and how he decided to invest in the Vue.js community and a new front-end open source project. 

Gregg...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Covering everything from Rails for Zombies to Code School to Vue Mastery, we talk with one of the original online tutorial creators, Gregg Pollack, and how he decided to invest in the Vue.js community and a new front-end open source project. <br /><br />Gregg also throws in a number of great suggestions for folks that have thought about creating their own tutorials and why CTOs might choose Vue JS among the frameworks out there.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3469</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>tutorials,ember,react,vue,front-end development,angular,gregg pollack,code school,vuejs,vue mastery,vuenews,choosing technology,pluralsight,bulma,chris fritz,damian dulisz,evan you,starterstudio,envy labs</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7422a1b1d7426c25e57ea1212610c9fb.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Randy Burgess</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Covering everything from Rails for Zombies to Code School to Vue Mastery, we talk with one of the original online tutorial creators, Gregg Pollack, and how he decided to invest in the Vue.js community and a new front-end open source project. 

Gregg also throws in a number of great suggestions for folks that have thought about creating their own tutorials and why CTOs might choose Vue JS among the frameworks out there.</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7422a1b1d7426c25e57ea1212610c9fb.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item></channel></rss>
